(A) Definitions. The terms MOBILE HOME, RECREATIONAL CAMPING VEHICLES and TRAILER shall mean and include the following definitions.
CAMPING TRAILER. A folding structure, mounted on wheels and designed for travel, recreation and vacation uses.
MOTOR HOME. A portable, temporary dwelling to be used for travel, recreation and vacation, constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled vehicle.
PICK-UP COACH. A structure designed to be mounted on a truck chassis for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreation and vacation.
TRAILER. Any vehicle designed for carrying property or passengers on its own structure and for being drawn by a motor vehicle, but does not include a trailer drawn by a truck-tractor semi-trailer combination or an auxiliary axle on a motor vehicle which carries a portion of the weight of the motor vehicle to which it is attached.
TRAVEL TRAILER. A vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis, designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses, permanently identified “travel trailer” by the manufacturer of the trailer.
(B) Unlawful acts.
(1) It is unlawful for any person to park a mobile home, recreational camping vehicle, boat and boat trailer or other trailer upon public or private property for human habitation except in a licensed mobile home park.
(2) It is unlawful for any person to park or store a mobile home, recreational camping vehicle, boat or boat trailer, or other trailer on all portions of any lot in any “Residence District” (R-1, R-2 and RM) except as follows:
(a) Within a garage or other accessory building duly approved and authorized by the city code;
(b) Upon those portions of the property not lying within either the “setback area” as defined by the city code, or that portion of the property lying between the street and the front line or that side of the home facing the street; and
(c) Upon those areas of the property that have been specifically improved pursuant to the city code for driveway purposes, whether paved or unpaved (herein “driveway”).
(C) Trailer parking.
(1) The limitations contained in this section do not apply to parking of a trailer, whether attached to a towing vehicle or not, which trailer is used for commercial purposes and the parking of the trailer, when the same is actively engaged in commercial activity and is at an adjacent site, but only to the extent that the commercial activity necessitates the use of the trailer and only for periods during which the commercial activity is actually occurring.
(2) Trailers shall not be left unattended unless the same have proper reflectors or other safety hazard markers.
(2003 Code, § 8.47) (Ord. 81, passed 12-18-1998) Penalty, see § 10.99